Miss JGP, no, which is why you can be confident that Dead Weight is the most brilliant I have ever written.
I did wonder. Your remark seemed to invite the question (I would say it seemed to 'beg the question' but I don't know whether that is the actual meaning of the phrase or not, and I do know we have purists on the matter on PB).
'The receptionist, who had worked in London, said that the UK is a strong country and has the 'balls' (her words) to leave.'
Strange ! My wife & daughter had similar experiences in the south of France last month,people congratulating them & saying how fortunate they were to be leaving the EU etc.
My wife who is a French national found it particularly amusing as she was a reluctant non-voting Remainer & my daughter voted Remain..
Incidentally, as people have pondered the deep mystery that is Thaddeus White, I have heard he has a new story in an anthology due out on 2 September, entitled Explorations: Through the Wormhole. [The story is called Dead Weight].
It's the best Chinese sci-fi short story I have ever written.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
And as you reduced it to the number of allowed candidates from the EU, you could not retrospectively assume only the winners would be the ones that would have gone to the games. So the medal tally would be reduced further.
As it is, in 10 years time and possibly much sooner Italy will have gone the way of Greece barring an end to the single currency.
Define 'gone the way of Greece'? My version is 'forced to face up to their long-term problems whether they like it or not'.
No, it's devaluation of a floating independent currency that forces a country to face up to their long-term problems. It's done automatically as financial markets reduce the relative value of wages and wealth paid/held in that country's currency. There are no long meetings or negotiations required to agree that, it just happens.
All the Euro does is to force a country such as Italy to avoid using the simplest and most comprehensive mechanism that will allow it to face up to or at least deal with its problems.
As it is, in 10 years time and possibly much sooner Italy will have gone the way of Greece barring an end to the single currency.
Define 'gone the way of Greece'? My version is 'forced to face up to their long-term problems whether they like it or not'.
No, it's devaluation of a floating independent currency that forces a country to face up to their long-term problems. It's done automatically as financial markets reduce the relative value of wages and wealth paid/held in that country's currency. There are no long meetings or negotiations required to agree that, it just happens.
So a trashy currency cures all economic ills? Who knew?
As it is, in 10 years time and possibly much sooner Italy will have gone the way of Greece barring an end to the single currency.
Define 'gone the way of Greece'? My version is 'forced to face up to their long-term problems whether they like it or not'.
No, it's devaluation of a floating independent currency that forces a country to face up to their long-term problems. It's done automatically as financial markets reduce the relative value of wages and wealth paid/held in that country's currency. There are no long meetings or negotiations required to agree that, it just happens.
All the Euro does is to force a country such as Italy to avoid using the simplest and most comprehensive mechanism that will allow it to face up to or at least deal with its problems.
There market, of course, does not always play ball.
Italy runs a sizeable current account surplus, so it's entirely possible that - like Japan - it works end up with a stronger currency than their government would like.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
No, because cohesion and team spirit and language barriers and training logistics and a million and one other things. Look at the body language of both the winners and the losers after the hockey - no supranational team would have looked or behaved anything like that.
As it is, in 10 years time and possibly much sooner Italy will have gone the way of Greece barring an end to the single currency.
Define 'gone the way of Greece'? My version is 'forced to face up to their long-term problems whether they like it or not'.
No, it's devaluation of a floating independent currency that forces a country to face up to their long-term problems. It's done automatically as financial markets reduce the relative value of wages and wealth paid/held in that country's currency. There are no long meetings or negotiations required to agree that, it just happens.
So a trashy currency cures all economic ills? Who knew?
It's a much better option than continuing to order caviar when you can only afford baked beans. Or stalling the car rather than changing down a gear.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
No, because cohesion and team spirit and language barriers and training logistics and a million and one other things. Look at the body language of both the winners and the losers after the hockey - no supranational team would have looked or behaved anything like that.
If there were an EU team, they would presumably train together for 4 years and build team spirit etc, rather than just be thrown together for the olympics?
I wanted a moderately detailed map of a whole kingdom (it's still just major cities, mountain ranges etc, though) to help me with consistency. The map for Journey to Altmortis only had about six places on it. This has over 30, not including castles.
Including it in the book would make the details too small to make out, so I'll chop the most relevant bit (the Mere) and include that. Assuming I can actually format an Open Office document for self-publication....
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
The EU has a poor track record when it comes to decision making, targeted funding, etc., so I cannot see it working.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
No, because cohesion and team spirit and language barriers and training logistics and a million and one other things. Look at the body language of both the winners and the losers after the hockey - no supranational team would have looked or behaved anything like that.
If there were an EU team, they would presumably train together for 4 years and build team spirit etc, rather than just be thrown together for the olympics?
As much as the EU loves the EU, it is never going to replace national teams. That would probably destroy it!
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
No, because cohesion and team spirit and language barriers and training logistics and a million and one other things. Look at the body language of both the winners and the losers after the hockey - no supranational team would have looked or behaved anything like that.
If there were an EU team, they would presumably train together for 4 years and build team spirit etc, rather than just be thrown together for the olympics?
Up to a point, but think of the logistics of getting together for training sessions. Big place these days, the EU.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
And as you reduced it to the number of allowed candidates from the EU, you could not retrospectively assume only the winners would be the ones that would have gone to the games. So the medal tally would be reduced further.
One also wonders whether the athletes selected to represent the EU would owe their selection to politics rather than ability.
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
Except that logic suggests that in team sports, a team made up of the best of the EU should be stronger than a team from any one of its constituent nations?
No, because cohesion and team spirit and language barriers and training logistics and a million and one other things. Look at the body language of both the winners and the losers after the hockey - no supranational team would have looked or behaved anything like that.
If there were an EU team, they would presumably train together for 4 years and build team spirit etc, rather than just be thrown together for the olympics?
Up to a point, but think of the logistics of getting together for training sessions. Big place these days, the EU.
There would be decades of bickering over where to base the training grounds. They would most probably go with multiple locations with all the equipment moved back and forth by train which ends up wasting tens of millions of euros and disrupting the athletes training.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Ignoring the inclusion of the UK, I think the bigggest and most idiotic mistake was that IF the EU was a single country they would not be able to field anyway near the number of candidates the member states fielded. It would be safe to assume the total medal count would be significantly less.
And as you reduced it to the number of allowed candidates from the EU, you could not retrospectively assume only the winners would be the ones that would have gone to the games. So the medal tally would be reduced further.
One also wonders whether the athletes selected to represent the EU would owe their selection to politics rather than ability.
One hardly even has to wonder that. One certainly doesn't have to wonder whether the selectors will be selected politically.
The tweet invites the reponse: so are you proposing an EU team at Tokyo, and if not why not?
As it is, in 10 years time and possibly much sooner Italy will have gone the way of Greece barring an end to the single currency.
Define 'gone the way of Greece'? My version is 'forced to face up to their long-term problems whether they like it or not'.
No, it's devaluation of a floating independent currency that forces a country to face up to their long-term problems. It's done automatically as financial markets reduce the relative value of wages and wealth paid/held in that country's currency. There are no long meetings or negotiations required to agree that, it just happens.
So a trashy currency cures all economic ills? Who knew?
It's a much better option than continuing to order caviar when you can only afford baked beans. Or stalling the car rather than changing down a gear.
Sounds like a clear acknowledgement that the UK is a baked beans economy - and some want to damage it even more by leaving the single market completely.
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
Woman known locally as Marie.
As the cases build up, ISTM that a new category is needed. These individuals with mental health problems who are radicalised may not count as terrorists themselves, but they have surely been turned into weapons by terrorists?
Mr. Llama, it's about two and a half thousand pixels by eighteen hundred.
Worth noting it's a trilogy, so most places are just on the map rather than visited in the story in book 1.
Mr. T/Miss JGP, and thus was have reaffirmed both the honesty of myself and the excellence of my writing
Spoken to my mate about this problem and he suggested a solution, one of these modern projectors - fag packet size, about fifty quid from amazon and will project from a mobile phone. Use the projector to put the map onto the ceiling and turn on/off as needed. Quite a neat answer, I thought. Going to make you book sodding expensive, but better than being figuratively lost in the narrative.
Sorry this is just like "Not Trump" for the Labour party.
Corbyn: 16 mentions Smith: 5.
What is actually good about OWEN SMITH.
That's what I'd want to know if I was a Labour member with a ballot.
Yep. The section of the PLP that is weighing in - far from the mjority who signed the no-confidence motion - is barely bothering to campaign positively for Smith, and as some here have said see him as a staging post to a centrist leader later on. Their whole effort has been marked by cynicism, from the attempt to keep ~Corbyn off the ballot to the disenfranchisement of 20% of the members - and if Smith were to win there is a real risk that it would be seen by many members as an illegitimate stitch-up and a prolonged internal feud would follow.
I agree with Don that the Khan intervention will help Smith and that the result will be closer than it looked two weeks ago. But I've yet to meet a single member of any wing who is positively enthused by the challenge (I know several centrists who plan not to vote at all), and I think that will make him fall short by a reasonable margin - 53-47 or 54-46.
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
Woman known locally as Marie.
As the cases build up, ISTM that a new category is needed. These individuals with mental health problems who are radicalised may not count as terrorists themselves, but they have surely been turned into weapons by terrorists?
Indeed. But, snide comments like mine aside, there is also another explanation for such acts, that of seeing one example as being 'permission' to do the same. Some while ago in there was a suicide over unrequited love in a Pacific island with no particular history of suicide. Over the coming years, there was something of an epidemic of lovesick suicides. The index case was later assessed both to have planted the idea and to have convinced other youngsters that this was acceptable practice, giving them 'permission'. I think there is an element of that too in the high school shootings in the US, i.e. those that followed Columbine.
Mr. Llama, odd. Can't see it anywhere. If you could just send me a quick Vanilla message, I'd be grateful.
[Now and then the e-mail filter can be over the top. I even had a reply to an e-mail I sent diverted into a spam folder, but I have checked there for your reply and found nothing].
Ahem, sorry for this diversion, everyone.
In more relevant news, the first markets for Spa are up on Ladbrokes.
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
Woman known locally as Marie.
As the cases build up, ISTM that a new category is needed. These individuals with mental health problems who are radicalised may not count as terrorists themselves, but they have surely been turned into weapons by terrorists?
Indeed. But, snide comments like mine aside, there is also another explanation for such acts, that of seeing one example as being 'permission' to do the same. Some while ago in there was a suicide over unrequited love in a Pacific island with no particular history of suicide. Over the coming years, there was something of an epidemic of lovesick suicides. The index case was later assessed both to have planted the idea and to have convinced other youngsters that this was acceptable practice, giving them 'permission'. I think there is an element of that too in the high school shootings in the US, i.e. those that followed Columbine.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Some federalists in the EU will, no doubt, see that as a sign of the strength of the EU, but, actually, it's indicative of that of the sovereign nation states of Europe.
If the same European athletes were all competing under the EU flag, with federal EU institutions funding and developing sport, I doubt performance would at the Olympics would match anything like that, nor would the crowds, support and passion be there in the same levels behind them.
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
This is PB. Of course she can be totally wrong. Goddammit man, we can't let standards slide and let some Conservative numpty conflate the Commonwealth with the Empire. We'd be no better than the Labour party.
Interesting discussion on ESPN today about the top US sports brands that are popular even when they're in a down cycle, and when they get good, they explode to the most popular team in their sport.
The NBA has 2 - Lakers and Celtics. Baseball has 1 - the Yankees College football has 1 - Notre Dame College basketball has 1 - Duke NFL has 3 - Packers, Steelers and Cowboys.
The Cowboys have been irrelevant for years and still are the most valuable franchise.
There are other franchises who are close but these are the top 8.
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Some federalists in the EU will, no doubt, see that as a sign of the strength of the EU, but, actually, it's indicative of that of the sovereign nation states of Europe.
If the same European athletes were all competing under the EU flag, with federal EU institutions funding and developing sport, I doubt performance would at the Olympics would match anything like that, nor would the crowds, support and passion be there in the same levels behind them.
Europe's strength is its national diversity.
Well the EU "country" would be subject the entry limits so they'd only be able send ~500 athletes vs ~3500 for the combined 28 nations. That alone would reduce the number of medals. Take the men's eight rowers, we won gold and Germany won silver, that's two medals which converts to one after turning the 28 nations into a single one.
Additionally, there would be far too much politics involved in team selection. Every country/region would want a quota which means the ~500 or so best athletes across the continent wouldn't necessarily get picked.
It's a terrible idea and you're right, Europe's (not the EU) strength is national diversity and varying cultures. The straight jacket of the EU is stifling creativity and innovation.
It's a terrible idea and you're right, Europe's (not the EU) strength is national diversity and varying cultures. The straight jacket of the EU is stifling creativity and innovation.
It's a straight jacket that seems to impinge on the mind rather than the body, of some at least.
For the majority, the efforts of the EU to harmonise things creates a net decrease in the amount of government interference they need to worry about.
You could take all the UK medals off that figure and the EU would still be top and the UK not showing in the top 3.
Not that it isn't a ridiculous tweet.
Europe's strength is its national diversity.
Yes, a good point. The EU is certainly not any stronger than it was 15 years ago, despite all the integration.
The EU is weaker than it has ever been because the eurocrats want to force their ideas onto the people. Brexit was a reaction to that, and Italy's rejection of their constitutional referendum will also be partly a reaction to the EU. The EU is loathed across the continent, people accept it because it is economically beneficial, as soon as that stops being the case the EU will fall apart. Italy is the most interesting case. Banks that they are unable to recapitalise in the same way Germany did, a currency far too strong for them and stagnation all around.
It's a terrible idea and you're right, Europe's (not the EU) strength is national diversity and varying cultures. The straight jacket of the EU is stifling creativity and innovation.
It's a straight jacket that seems to impinge on the mind rather than the body, of some at least.
For the majority, the efforts of the EU to harmonise things creates a net decrease in the amount of government interference they need to worry about.
Harmonisation means regulation. That is not a decrease in government intervention, it is an increase.
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
I believe having met him is one degree of separation. Zero degrees would mean that you ARE Kevin Bacon.
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
It's like when Michael Jackson declared himself a fan of Free Willy, and one's reaction was: surely he can afford to pay for it?
Interesting discussion on ESPN today about the top US sports brands that are popular even when they're in a down cycle, and when they get good, they explode to the most popular team in their sport.
The NBA has 2 - Lakers and Celtics. Baseball has 1 - the Yankees College football has 1 - Notre Dame College basketball has 1 - Duke NFL has 3 - Packers, Steelers and Cowboys.
The Cowboys have been irrelevant for years and still are the most valuable franchise.
There are other franchises who are close but these are the top 8.
I am surprised the Red Sox don't make that list of franchises that are supported through the lean years. Of course, they have a very limited upside, being from Boston.
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
I believe having met him is one degree of separation. Zero degrees would mean that you ARE Kevin Bacon.
If I was Kevin Bacon I'd be married to Kyra Sedgwick, not the sort of thing one tends to forget. Also I would have got ripped off millions by Bernie Madoff, also memorable.
Am I alone in wishing our EU27 neighbours a resoundingly successful conclusion to EMU, a thriving economy and healthy markets? I'm jolly keen on trading with them.
No - but wishing won't change the facts on the ground (Unless you are a Corbyn Supporter)
I think I'd rather be right than happy any day. Sadly, I fear the EU27 are only locking themselves into an every tighter spiral of endless crisis and decline.
We can't and shouldn't rely on them getting their act together
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
It's like when Michael Jackson declared himself a fan of Free Willy, and one's reaction was: surely he can afford to pay for it?
I "visited" ie drove through Gary, Indiana his home town last year. It was an eye opening experience to say the least.
Interesting discussion on ESPN today about the top US sports brands that are popular even when they're in a down cycle, and when they get good, they explode to the most popular team in their sport.
The NBA has 2 - Lakers and Celtics. Baseball has 1 - the Yankees College football has 1 - Notre Dame College basketball has 1 - Duke NFL has 3 - Packers, Steelers and Cowboys.
The Cowboys have been irrelevant for years and still are the most valuable franchise.
There are other franchises who are close but these are the top 8.
I am surprised the Red Sox don't make that list of franchises that are supported through the lean years. Of course, they have a very limited upside, being from Boston.
The Red Sox, like most baseball franchises except the Yankees, has regional rather than national appeal, though the BoSox are one of the bigger ones. The Diamondbacks, the Padres or the Indians could win the world series 3 times in a row and nobody would care.
Just received an email from Amazon Prime advertising their pilot season.
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
It's like when Michael Jackson declared himself a fan of Free Willy, and one's reaction was: surely he can afford to pay for it?
There was a strong rumor that BOYZIIMEN was a delivery service for Michael...
By the way, for those intereted in format - Labour members etc. with a vote on email have received a statement form the two candidates (nothing remarkable in either) plus a picture and a list of CLPs and unions etc. that have endorsed each, with a personalised two-part code for electronic voting - the same system as used for the NEC elections. It all looks scrupulously netural.
We've been getting emailed canvassing letters from both from the same central party address for some weeks, and I've been canvassed by the Corbyn team by phone. Haven't had anything by post from either.
BBC - Ryan Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
BBC - Ryan Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
He's apparently been suspended for 6 events. As ESPN said, can anybody name any swim events?
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
Mozambique and Rwanda have both joined the Commonwealth, despite not being in the Empire.
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
Mozambique and Rwanda have both joined the Commonwealth, despite not being in the Empire.
Maybe they made a value judgment that it's easier to medal in the Commonwealth games than the Olympics.
It's scary to think that the two biggest sporting events in the world: Olympics and World Cup, are both run by bunches of crooks: the IOC and FIFA.
One more problem with the Olympics which I've not seen mentioned much but wasn't the weather rather crap - several days of it pissing down, some days too windy for rowing and other days too windless for sailing.
I'm not sure if this is normal for Rio or whether it was bad luck.
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
Mozambique and Rwanda have both joined the Commonwealth, despite not being in the Empire.
Maybe they made a value judgment that it's easier to medal in the Commonwealth games than the Olympics.
It's scary to think that the two biggest sporting events in the world: Olympics and World Cup, are both run by bunches of crooks: the IOC and FIFA.
Please don't use "medal" as a verb. The correct expression is of course "it's easier to podium in the Commonwealth games..."
BBC - Ryan Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
He's apparently been suspended for 6 events. As ESPN said, can anybody name any swim events?
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
Mozambique and Rwanda have both joined the Commonwealth, despite not being in the Empire.
Maybe they made a value judgment that it's easier to medal in the Commonwealth games than the Olympics.
It's scary to think that the two biggest sporting events in the world: Olympics and World Cup, are both run by bunches of crooks: the IOC and FIFA.
Please don't use "medal" as a verb. The correct expression is of course "it's easier to podium in the Commonwealth games..."
BBC - Ryan Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
He's apparently been suspended for 6 events. As ESPN said, can anybody name any swim events?
Phelps got suspended for 6 months for DUI...
You can fix behavioral problems, as Phelps has done to his credit. Lochte's problem is you can't fix stupid.
Well most former Empire countries are in the Commonwealth, so it isn't totally wrong. I'm sure Sunil can let us know which sorry countries have yet to apply
I think there are members of the British Commonwealth that were never part of the Empire per se, they just asked to join for the company.
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
Mozambique and Rwanda have both joined the Commonwealth, despite not being in the Empire.
Cheers Dr Fox, I knew I’d read something about it. – Makes perfect sense for Mozambique and Rwanda to do so as there are many African nations already involved and they get a chance to meet other Leaders (while chaperoned) - plus they get to meet HMG.
BBC - Ryan Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren end sponsorship.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
He's apparently been suspended for 6 events. As ESPN said, can anybody name any swim events?
Phelps got suspended for 6 months for DUI...
You can fix behavioral problems, as Phelps has done to his credit. Lochte's problem is you can't fix stupid.
I remember accidentally seeing the reality show they did with him....stupid is a very kind way of putting it....its a good job swimming pools are straight and have defined lanes otherwise he is sure to get lost.
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'The receptionist, who had worked in London, said that the UK is a strong country and has the 'balls' (her words) to leave.'
Strange ! My wife & daughter had similar experiences in the south of France last month,people congratulating them & saying how fortunate they were to be leaving the EU etc.
My wife who is a French national found it particularly amusing as she was a reluctant non-voting Remainer & my daughter voted Remain..
And as you reduced it to the number of allowed candidates from the EU, you could not retrospectively assume only the winners would be the ones that would have gone to the games. So the medal tally would be reduced further.
All the Euro does is to force a country such as Italy to avoid using the simplest and most comprehensive mechanism that will allow it to face up to or at least deal with its problems.
Worth noting it's a trilogy, so most places are just on the map rather than visited in the story in book 1.
Mr. T/Miss JGP, and thus was have reaffirmed both the honesty of myself and the excellence of my writing
Italy runs a sizeable current account surplus, so it's entirely possible that - like Japan - it works end up with a stronger currency than their government would like.
twitter.com/Independent/status/767754193985757185
I wanted a moderately detailed map of a whole kingdom (it's still just major cities, mountain ranges etc, though) to help me with consistency. The map for Journey to Altmortis only had about six places on it. This has over 30, not including castles.
Including it in the book would make the details too small to make out, so I'll chop the most relevant bit (the Mere) and include that. Assuming I can actually format an Open Office document for self-publication....
Police sources have told RTBF that the woman was Asian and had a history of mental illness. Investigators do not currently believe that this was a terrorist incident.
Mr. Glenn, of course not. I imagine her name was David.
Just catching up. Seems the arrival of ballot papers has let the furies loose across Labour. This from an MP:
@TomBlenkinsop
Just had corbynite from Warrington phone my office & threaten to "punch your f***ing face in" to a member of my staff @GentlerPolitics
The tweet invites the reponse: so are you proposing an EU team at Tokyo, and if not why not?
So do carry on with your plan Mr. Dancer.
Also, do get back to me with an answer about the cropped maps I sent you.
I agree with Don that the Khan intervention will help Smith and that the result will be closer than it looked two weeks ago. But I've yet to meet a single member of any wing who is positively enthused by the challenge (I know several centrists who plan not to vote at all), and I think that will make him fall short by a reasonable margin - 53-47 or 54-46.
Can't quite put my hands on the references.
[Now and then the e-mail filter can be over the top. I even had a reply to an e-mail I sent diverted into a spam folder, but I have checked there for your reply and found nothing].
Ahem, sorry for this diversion, everyone.
In more relevant news, the first markets for Spa are up on Ladbrokes.
Verstappen and Ricciardo 11 to win. Hmm.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/22/new-british-bill-of-rights-will-not-be-scrapped-insists-liz-trus/
On the EU parliament tweet. No longer just a 'random' PR company doing it, is it? I swear they posted that just to annoy us...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canada-indigenous-suicide-crisis_us_570e78e5e4b03d8b7b9f173a
If the same European athletes were all competing under the EU flag, with federal EU institutions funding and developing sport, I doubt performance would at the Olympics would match anything like that, nor would the crowds, support and passion be there in the same levels behind them.
Europe's strength is its national diversity.
https://twitter.com/HeatherWheeler/status/767756321219379201
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The NBA has 2 - Lakers and Celtics.
Baseball has 1 - the Yankees
College football has 1 - Notre Dame
College basketball has 1 - Duke
NFL has 3 - Packers, Steelers and Cowboys.
The Cowboys have been irrelevant for years and still are the most valuable franchise.
There are other franchises who are close but these are the top 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
Re: Wheeler, silly mistake by one who should know better.
For an "it's not supposed to be a children's film" film it was super-disappointing.
Additionally, there would be far too much politics involved in team selection. Every country/region would want a quota which means the ~500 or so best athletes across the continent wouldn't necessarily get picked.
It's a terrible idea and you're right, Europe's (not the EU) strength is national diversity and varying cultures. The straight jacket of the EU is stifling creativity and innovation.
For the majority, the efforts of the EU to harmonise things creates a net decrease in the amount of government interference they need to worry about.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753225/Boy-eight-dies-GRENADE-thrown-bedroom-slept-amid-gangland-feud-involving-Somali-criminals-Sweden.html
One show that caught my eye is called "I LOVE DICK" which I naturally assumed to be a porn show. Apparently it's not, but a 'feminist novel' adaptation starring Kevin Bacon, from whom I am either zero or 1 degree separated (I've met him, but don't know the game rules).
So one degree it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdős_number
My favorite comment was someone saying that the whole Lochte affair was "Loch Mess"
We've been getting emailed canvassing letters from both from the same central party address for some weeks, and I've been canvassed by the Corbyn team by phone. Haven't had anything by post from either.
Of course you can't do this just on merit, as you need to achieve a suitable regional and ethnic balance.
Anyway, time for me to be off.
I was wondering what punishment would befit Lochte’s behaviour in Rio. His pocket appears to be the first recipient, which seems fitting. And now for the IOC's turn...
"Ryan Lochte Could Lose $10 MILLION In Endorsement Deals Over His Rio Robbery Lie!"
http://perezhilton.com/2016-08-19-rio-olympics-ryan-lochte-robbery-lie-10-million-dollar-loss#.V7tA1TWod5Q
If they can be arsed to find the school kids.
Pretty much everyone who knows him (among TV sports folks) has said that Lochte is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
It's scary to think that the two biggest sporting events in the world: Olympics and World Cup, are both run by bunches of crooks: the IOC and FIFA.
I'm not sure if this is normal for Rio or whether it was bad luck.
Tom Blenkinsop @TomBlenkinsop 22h22 hours ago
Corbynites,momentum & the rest of the hard-left,get out of the people's party.
Tom Blenkinsop @TomBlenkinsop 22h22 hours ago
Corbynites,momentum & the rest of the hard-left,get out of the people's party
Owen Jones @OwenJones84 11h11 hours ago
The only thing that needs to get out of the people's party is this attitude
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What an idiot Owen Jones is.